ABSTRACT
Counternarratives from Asian American Art Educators: Identities, Pedagogies, and Practice beyond the Western Paradigm collects and explores the professional and pedagogical narratives of Asian art educators and researchers in North America. Few studies published since the substantial immigration of Asian art educators to the United States in the 1990s have addressed their professional identities in higher education, K-12, and museum contexts. By foregrounding narratives from Asian American arts educators within these settings, this edited volume enacts a critical shift from Western, Eurocentric perspectives to the unique contributions of Asian American practitioners.
Enhanced by the application of the AsianCrit framework and theories of intersectionality, positionality, decolonization, and allyship, these original contributor counternarratives focus on professional and pedagogical discourses and practices that support Asian American identity development and practice. A significant contribution to the field of art education, this book highlights the voices and experiences of Asian art educators and serves as an ideal scholarly resource for exploring their identity formation, construction, and development of a historically underrepresented minoritized group in North America.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section I|50 pages
Decolonizing Identity and Educational Praxis
section Section II|59 pages
Countering Master Narratives
chapter 9|7 pages
The Journey to Becoming an Art Educator in North America
chapter 11|8 pages
Kollywood Over Bollywood
chapter 13|10 pages
Keep Silent or Speak Louder
section Section III|52 pages
Reimagining Identity Through Intersectionality
chapter 16|6 pages
Playing the Race Card
chapter 21|9 pages
Fashion Hybridity and Identity Among Asian Americans in Secondary and Post-Secondary Cross-Cultural Settings in the United States
section Section IV|56 pages
Harnessing Allyship